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WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make n -butanol. We hope that it can be a steppingstone for future sustainable solar fuel production. The resulting biofuel, n -butanol, is a carbon-neutral fuel alternative that can be used in blends with diesel or gasoline.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles.

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DOE awards $100M in 2nd funding round for 32 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Ten of these projects are new while the rest received renewed funding based both on their achievements to date and the quality of their proposals for future research. Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI). Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio). Washington University, St.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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As for the future impact of PARC research—the sky’s the limit. Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. But if several Altos are linked, along with file servers and printers, the result looks suspiciously like the office of the future.

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The Tremendous VR and CG Systems—of the 1960s

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In Berkeley’s offices, the Sutherland brothers encountered his light-seeking robot squirrel “ Squee ,” now in the collection of the Computer History Museum, which also holds some of Berkeley’s papers. At the time, Berkeley was establishing himself as a leading author, publisher, and consultant for the new world of digital computers.

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